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menna

See also: Menna and mennä

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmen.na/
  • Rhymes: -enna
  • Hyphenation: mén‧na

Adjective

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menna

  1. feminine singular of menno

Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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menna m

  1. (nonstandard, dialectal) definite plural of mann

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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menna m

  1. (nonstandard, dialectal) definite plural of mann

Old Norse

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Etymology

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Verbal formation related to maðr (“man”).[1]

Verb

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menna (singular past indicative mennti, plural past indicative menntu, past participle menntr)

  1. to make a man of, breed

Conjugation

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Conjugation of menna — active (weak class 1)
infinitive menna
present participle mennandi
past participle menntr
indicative present past
1st-person singular menni mennta
2nd-person singular mennir menntir
3rd-person singular mennir mennti
1st-person plural mennum menntum
2nd-person plural mennið menntuð
3rd-person plural menna menntu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular menna mennta
2nd-person singular mennir menntir
3rd-person singular menni mennti
1st-person plural mennim menntim
2nd-person plural mennið menntið
3rd-person plural menni mennti
imperative present
2nd-person singular menn, menni
1st-person plural mennum
2nd-person plural mennið
Conjugation of menna — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive mennask
present participle mennandisk
past participle mennzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular mennumk menntumk
2nd-person singular mennisk menntisk
3rd-person singular mennisk menntisk
1st-person plural mennumsk menntumsk
2nd-person plural mennizk menntuzk
3rd-person plural mennask menntusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular mennumk menntumk
2nd-person singular mennisk menntisk
3rd-person singular mennisk menntisk
1st-person plural mennimsk menntimsk
2nd-person plural mennizk menntizk
3rd-person plural mennisk menntisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular mennsk, mennisk
1st-person plural mennumsk
2nd-person plural mennizk

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “menna”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 384

Further reading

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  • “menna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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